Battle of the River Plate today
Appalling over acting by Anthony Quayle
Appalling over acting by Anthony Quayle
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Today the Admiral Graf Spee will be played by the heavy cruiser USS SalemComment
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HMS Ajax flagship, played by HMS Sheffield
HMS Exeter played by HMS Jamaica
HMNZS Achilles played by herself (at the time in service with the Indian Navy as INS Delhi)
HMS Cumberland played by herself when she joins the British squadron after the battle, (and by HMS Jamaica in the final scenes off Montevideo).
HMS Birmingham was used for the firing of some of the guns, and to depict the explosions on the foredeck of Exeter, as well as the scene on the deck of Graf Spee showing the flag-draped coffins of dead German sailors laid out for buriaComment
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